Zwischen Bild und Wirklichkeit

Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette Rem Koolhaas (drawing Alex Wall), Paris, 1982
Europaallee Baufeld E
Europaallee Baufeld E Caruso St John Architects, Zürich, 2013
Europaallee Baufeld E
Europaallee Baufeld E Caruso St John Architects, Zürich, 2013
Er sah zum Fenster hinaus: (…) aber die Lichter, die aus den Häusern an der Straße schimmerten, wurden immer zahlreicher, warfen einen stetigen gelben Schein auf die Fenster (...). Gerade in diesem Augenblick sah er das Schild mit den Worten Stadtgrenze und Willkommen aufleuchten. Und schon war es vorbei.
Norman Mailer
New Starters's Center
New Starters's Center OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Waregem, Belgium, 2003
Raymond Lopez and Marcel Reby, 1955
Max Bill, 1959
Split Machiya
Split Machiya Atelier Bow-Wow, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 2010
Palazetto della Sport
Palazetto della Sport Marcello Piacentini unPier Luigi Nervi, Rom, 1960
Page Tsou
Nigel Peake
Hirsch Residence, Section
Hirsch Residence, Section Paul Rudolph, New York, 1966
Compton Verney
Compton Verney Stirling Wilford
Seijo Apartments, living room connecting two courtyards
Seijo Apartments, living room connecting two courtyards Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, Tokyo, 2008
Town for 2000 Families
Town for 2000 Families Josef Frank, 1950
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vreisendorp, Elia Zenghelis, and Zoe Zenghelis, 1972
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vreisendorp, Elia Zenghelis, and Zoe Zenghelis, 1972
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vreisendorp, Elia Zenghelis, and Zoe Zenghelis, 1972
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vreisendorp, Elia Zenghelis, and Zoe Zenghelis, 1972
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture
Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vreisendorp, Elia Zenghelis, and Zoe Zenghelis, 1972
Tables for a restaurant
Tables for a restaurant Junya Ishigami
Nach einer Fotografie von Thomas Struth, Shinju-ku, Tokio, 1986
Nach einer Fotografie von Thomas Struth, Shinju-ku, Tokio, 1986 Robert Patz, 2008
Seijo Town Houses
Seijo Town Houses Sanaa, Tokio, Japan, 2007
Seijo Town Houses
Seijo Town Houses Sanaa, Tokio, Japan, 2007
Jordi and Àfrica's home
Jordi and Àfrica's home TEd'A-arquitectes, Montuïri, Mallorca, 2010
Jordi and Àfrica's home
Jordi and Àfrica's home TEd'A-arquitectes, Montuïri, Mallorca, 2010
Jordi and Àfrica's home
Jordi and Àfrica's home TEd'A-arquitectes, Montuïri, Mallorca, 2010
Jordi and Àfrica's home
Jordi and Àfrica's home TEd'A-arquitectes, Montuïri, Mallorca, 2010
House Tower
House Tower Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo, 2006
House Tower
House Tower Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo, 2006
Discarded Art Floors
Discarded Art Floors Oliver Pershav, AA – Architectural Association, 2013
Lorenz Adriaens, AA – Architectural Association, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Split-Level Landscapes
Split-Level Landscapes Jeremy Miranda, 2013
Residential Proposal
Residential Proposal Vittorio Gregotti, Venice, ca. 1970
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles, 2013
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles, 2013
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles, 2013
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Oberes Kandergirien
Oberes Kandergirien Caruso St John Architects, Spiez, CH, 2011
Casa de Vidro
Casa de Vidro Lina Bo Bardi, Morumbi, Sao Paulo, 1951
Casa de Vidro
Casa de Vidro Lina Bo Bardi, Morumbi, Sao Paulo, 1951
Dissolution and Coherence
Dissolution and Coherence David Hurtado – Woodbury University, 2013
Dissolution and Coherence
Dissolution and Coherence David Hurtado – Woodbury University, 2013
Hirsch Residence
Hirsch Residence Paul Rudolph, New York, 1966
Where simplicity cannot work, simpleness results. Blatant simplification means bland architecture. Less is a bore.
Robert Venturi, in: Complexity and Contradiction in architecture